garbanzo
/ɡɑɹˈbɑnzoʊ/
"garbanzo" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“garbanzo” is uncommon English (frequency #99,300 among 18,276 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,300
- frequency rank, English
- 18,276
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An edible pulse (Cicer arietinum), of the family Leguminosae or Fabaceae and subfamilies Faboideae or Papilionoideae, with white or purple-blue flowers and small feathery leaves on both sides of th...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | garbanzo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɡɑɹˈbɑnzoʊ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #99,300 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “garbanzo” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
garbanzo is uncommon English at frequency #99,300 among 18,276 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɡɑɹˈbɑnzoʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for garbanzo, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish garbanzo, initially borrowed as garvance in the 17th c. and anglicized as calavance (“chickpea; any kind of bean or pulse”). The original garbanzo was re-established in the 19th c., primarily via American Spanish. The correct English form is garbanzo, spelled G-A-R-B-A-N-Z-O.
Definition
- 1An edible pulse (Cicer arietinum), of the family Leguminosae or Fabaceae and subfamilies Faboideae or Papilionoideae, with white or purple-blue flowers and small feathery leaves on both sides of the stem and pods containing two to three peas.
- 2A seed of this plant; the chickpea.
Etymology
From Spanish garbanzo, initially borrowed as garvance in the 17th c. and anglicized as calavance (“chickpea; any kind of bean or pulse”). The original garbanzo was re-established in the 19th c., primarily via American Spanish.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- The one correct English spelling is G-A-R-B-A-N-Z-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.